Piano festival «Clavis St. Petersburg 2017»

Cultural trip to St. Petersburg as part of the "Clavis" Festival The Clavis Festival is held amongst the historic walls of St. Petersburg,

1st - 3rd November 2017. Arrival and departure with flexible dates are possible.

The cultural program supports the administration and the cultural committee of St. Petersburg. Passive participation (cultural program included, without participation in the piano contest)

Fee: 50,00 Euro

The following events are included in the cultural program for passive participants:-The Schostakowitsch Museum (with guided tour)-Organ concert (Lutheran Church of St. Peter and St. Paul – Nevsky Prospect)-Sheremetev-Palace (Fontany Dom) visit (with guided tour )-Seminar on piano music-Seminar on ancient music (with a harpsichord performance in the Catholic Church of St. Catherine – Newsky Prospect)-Piano competition (for participants from 6 to 29 years, free entry for all rounds) -Master classes for piano, harpsichord, organ (as a free listener)-Gala concert in the castle

We also offer:-a partner hotel (from about 25,00 Euro per night per person - breakfast included) -dinner in the partner hotel (from about 6.00 Euro per person - salad, hot menu, drinks and dessert)-Transfer from the Airport (to Hotel "Matisov Domik")Registration and further information on www.pianofestival-clavis.com For questions: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Natalia Panina-Rummel

Further costs, e.g. visa, flight or bus tickets to St. Petersburg, health or travel insurance should be paid by each participant. We would be delighted if you would like to join us to experience the capital of culture of the Russian Federation!

Sheremetev- Palace, brach of the State Museum of Theater and Musical Art in Sait Petersburg.

Gala concert - 3rd November 2017

The famous Fountain House, the location of many soirees for the Counts Sheremetev. The Group of Buildings from the 18th-19th century, was handed over to the State Museum of Theater and Musical Art in Saint Petersburg in 1990. The Task of the Museum was to found a Music Museum within the Sheremetev Palace is one of the most interesting Museums in Sait Petersburg. Ist halls reflect the history and the Musical traditions of the axtended familiy. Here you will find works of art from the Family Collections. The facade is decorated with a coat of arms with the inscription "Deus conservata omnia". The owners of the fountain house played a Special role in the history of Russian culture: in the 18th and early 19th century the Sheremetevs had their own Theater in Kuskovo Ostankino near Moscow, where their serfs performed at no lesser standart than the best European Theaters. In 1809, Dmitry Sheremetev, the only heir to the whole vast fortune, did not inherit the artistic Gifts of his parents (the mother- an opera singer, the father- teatrical Lover), but their passionate love for Music and art. His Chorus was known all over Petersburg. He also actively supported artists, including the great Portrait painter Orest Kiprensky, who also painted his famous Portrait Alexander Pushkin in the fountain house. A continuous Exhibition is available for the guests, thanks to the Ermitage, the Russian Museum, the Tretyakov Gallery and the Museum "Ostankino". In Addition to the "house works", harmonize the new art objects bought or donated in the last 25 years. As a Pearl of the Museum one can take the Collection of Musical Instruments, which can be seen in the entrances and in the rooms on the first floor. This Collection has over 3000 exhibits. Here visitors can see the Russian church bells, antique instruments, Musical instruments from the Family of the last Emperor Romanov, private instruments of famous Composer and even listen to their tones. Particularly harmonious is the Collection of baroque instruments. Ist wonderful variety corresponds to the castle style, it resembles the embroidery of the lattice fence and the wall Ornaments. This famous Collection is regarded as one page of the Musical history of the Fountain House. The new pages of the history of Music are often filled with the palace`s concerts.

8. a partner hotel (from about 25,00 Euro per night per person - breakfast included; dinner in the hotel from about 8,00 Euro per person)

9.Transfer from and to the airport

10. English or german-speaking support during your stay in St. Petersburg

Objectives and purposes of the festival:

• To introduce to each other, schools with a musical profile from St. Petersburg and Germany• International exchange of teachers and pupils• Motivation to play music and hold concerts together• Widen and awake interest in Europe-Russian culture, history and traditions• Consolidate friendly international youth relations

To be held within the framework of the festival:

• A piano Competition• (Various age groups: from 6 year old children to adolescents of 29)• Concerts by the music students and participants of the competition• Concerts by professionals• (Among others clavicord, harpsichord, piano and organ: renowned artist Olga Kotlyarova, pianist from Moscow Anastasia Urvalova, Dr. of musicology Sofya Gandilyan)• Master classes for children and adolescents (keyboard instruments, see above)• Seminars and training for the teachers